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Its also interesting that this states:
(1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp or device thereon showing or displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front thereof except for certain vehicles hereinafter provided.
It says directly in front, yet I know of many people ticketed for red and blue any where.. even the old neon lisence plate frames would get you ticketed in red/blue..
(1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp or device thereon showing or displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front thereof except for certain vehicles hereinafter provided.
It says directly in front, yet I know of many people ticketed for red and blue any where.. even the old neon lisence plate frames would get you ticketed in red/blue..
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It also refers to this statute too.. maybe he is getting you on the overlay thing, but again it is not about color, it is about visibility at certain distances. I think you can argue the statute, which of course you studied before you made the mod ;) does not state a color issue, remember to have copies of these with you so you can refer to them. All 4 statutes, because again the only color oriented statutes involve either just the headlights, or the colors red and blue, neither of which apply to you here.
(b) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 150 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
An object, material, or covering that alters the headlamp's visibility from at least 450 feet for an uppermost distribution of light or at least 150 feet for a lowermost distribution of light may not be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied over a headlamp.
Take a picture of you fogs lit up, but at such an angle that you do not see them head on, just so you can see the beam and how far it goes.. don't pop the pic out, unless they start to argue visibility.. which we all know you have plenty of visibility with them.
(b) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 150 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
An object, material, or covering that alters the headlamp's visibility from at least 450 feet for an uppermost distribution of light or at least 150 feet for a lowermost distribution of light may not be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied over a headlamp.
Take a picture of you fogs lit up, but at such an angle that you do not see them head on, just so you can see the beam and how far it goes.. don't pop the pic out, unless they start to argue visibility.. which we all know you have plenty of visibility with them.
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**** you know what.. the term "alters" is a pretty broad term.. that may be the clincher.. not sure how they will define that... it is stating "alter .. visibility" again, it will be how it is defined..
however, by the dictionary definition it should be reffering to your visibilty
The degree to which one can see
quality or fact or degree of being visible
I still think you are good
however, by the dictionary definition it should be reffering to your visibilty
The degree to which one can see
quality or fact or degree of being visible
I still think you are good
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after all that, argue safety!
it is important for fog lights to be one color
(rather than white, which is all colors) because the different
wavelengths(colors) of visible light scatter off the fog droplets
differently. This phenomenon is known as "dispersion," because the
different colors of light in an image will separate from each other,
causing the image to "disperse." If you illuminate the road with only one
wavelength (color) of light, the images of the objects you see will still
become somewhat blurry because of the scattering of light by the fog, but
at least you won't have extra problems from dispersion. So, if we want to
use just one wavelength of light, which wavelength should we use? It turns
out that light with short wavelengths scatters more than light with long
wavelengths (short to long: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange,
red). So, a long wavelength light will be best. There's another thing to
consider, too: our eyes are not equally sensitive to all colors. It turns
out that we are most sensitive to yellow and green light. - Richard Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
here's his autobiography in case they are concerned you made him up.. even includes his email address: http://www.barransclass.com/openres.pdf
it is important for fog lights to be one color
(rather than white, which is all colors) because the different
wavelengths(colors) of visible light scatter off the fog droplets
differently. This phenomenon is known as "dispersion," because the
different colors of light in an image will separate from each other,
causing the image to "disperse." If you illuminate the road with only one
wavelength (color) of light, the images of the objects you see will still
become somewhat blurry because of the scattering of light by the fog, but
at least you won't have extra problems from dispersion. So, if we want to
use just one wavelength of light, which wavelength should we use? It turns
out that light with short wavelengths scatters more than light with long
wavelengths (short to long: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange,
red). So, a long wavelength light will be best. There's another thing to
consider, too: our eyes are not equally sensitive to all colors. It turns
out that we are most sensitive to yellow and green light. - Richard Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
here's his autobiography in case they are concerned you made him up.. even includes his email address: http://www.barransclass.com/openres.pdf
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